Archive for August, 2009

The slippery slope has been beckoning for so long, and it is actually Emma and Kate and Anne’s obsession magnificent achievements that have finally persuaded me. It was actually Joolz who said “would you like to learn to spin? I would like to learn to spin. We could learn together and then we could spin yarn for you to knit”. Little, so little does she know what this means. Anyway, we are looking at doing a spinning course with Sue Macniven just south of Edinburgh over two days in November, which just happens to coincide with my birthday 🙂

I’m knitting an Ulmus shawl in yellow / gold and a variegated blue / green / red / gold sock yarn with the striped, slip stitch garter beginning and a wavy lace outer section in the darker variegated yarn. All in 4ply from my stash and very satisfying. Picis soon.

My still-husband’s now girlfriend is on the very point of selling her house, so she can buy me out of mine, which I still own with my still-husband, so this means he won’t have to move (bless!) and I can look for somewhere to buy myself as soon as the divorce comes through, looking like beginning of October. I can’t believe how amicable this has all been barring the first few weeks of shock, so I am profoundly grateful. I think the whole process, though, however ‘easy’ in comparison with others’, may be fuelling some of my extensive yarn buying. Just a hunch.

Sunday was the day, and I went to K1 Yarns with the intention of bagging greens. Forest, grass, lime, sage, sea, sap, stem, there they were… lace weight and 4ply, alpaca / merino / cashmere blends… bliss!!! I came away with some 4ply weight in Scottish Thistle, a blend of greens and blue/greys, some light grass green lace weight, and darker, softer, more bluey grass green lace weight, and just 400m of more sock 4ply in, er, green. To round it off I couldn’t resist burnt orange lace weight. YUM!!!